2020
The United Kingdom left the European Union, also known as “Brexit.”
The withdrawal agreement was ratified at 23:00.
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1999
“Family Guy” by Seth MacFarlane premiered on Fox.
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1971
NASA’s Apollo 14 spacecraft was launched and headed for the moon.
The mission was the third time humans had been to the moon.
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1961
A chimpanzee named Ham became the first primate to go to space aboard the US MR-2 spacecraft.
The trip was part of the Mercury Mission, which aimed to put the first man into Earth’s orbit. Ham played a vital role in teaching us that tasks could be carried out in space. Ham survived the trip and spent the rest of his life in zoos in Washington, D.C., and North Carolina before passing away in 1983. His remains were buried in the International Space Hall of Fame.
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1958
The first American satellite, Explorer 1, was launched into space.
The Explorer 1 was America’s answer to the Soviet Union’s Sputnik 1, which kicked off the Space Age when it launched in 1957.
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1949
The first-ever daytime soap opera, These Are My Children, aired on NBC.
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1933
The day after being appointed, Adolf Hitler called for new elections to ensure he would win majority votes.
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1905
British driver Arthur MacDonald was the first to break 100 miles per hour in an automobile at Daytona Beach, Florida, US.
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1874
Jesse James’s gang robbed up to $22,000 on a train at Gads Hill, Missouri, US.
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1871
San Francisco’s skies went dark after millions of birds flew across the city’s western side.
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1862
Alvan Graham Clark discovered the white dwarf star Sirius B.
He discovered the star through an 18.5-inch (47 cm) telescope, which is now located at the Northwestern University.
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1627
The Spanish government became bankrupt.
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